Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry

This is a list of minister from Nitish Kumar's fifth cabinet starting from 22 February 2015. Nitish Kumar is the leader of JD(U), who was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Bihar in February 2015 with help of Mahagathbandhan which included RJD and INC.

Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry
Ministry of Bihar
Nitish Kumar
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar
Date formedNovember 2015
Date dissolvedJuly 2017
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor
Head of governmentNitish Kumar
No. of ministers29
Member partiesJD(U)
RJD
INC
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition partyBJP
Opposition leaderDr. Prem Kumar
History
Election(s)2015
Legislature term(s)5 years
SuccessorNitish Kumar sixth ministry

History

Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap in the grand alliance government of RJD, JD(U) & INC.

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

In cabinet 12 ministers are from Janata Dal (United), 12 ministers from Rashtriya Janata Dal and four minister from Indian National Congress with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as fourth Deputy Chief Minister and also the youngest minister of Bihar.[1][2][3][4]

Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry.[5]

S.No Name Constituency Department Party
1. Nitish Kumar
Chief Minister		 MLC
  • General Administration.
  • Home.
  • Cabinet Secretariat.
  • Vigilance.
  • Election.
  • Information & Public Relations.
  • Other departments not allocated to any Minister.
 JD(U)
Deputy Chief Minister
2. Tejashwi Yadav
Deputy Chief Minister		 Raghopur
  • Road Construction.
  • Building Constructions.
  • Backward Class Development.
 RJD
Cabinet Ministers
3. Ashok Choudhary MLC
  • Human Resource Development.
  • Information Technology.
 INC
4. Lalan Singh MLC
  • Water Resources.
 JD(U)
5. Tej Pratap Yadav Mahua
  • Health.
  • Forest and Environmen
  • Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare.
 RJD
6. Madan Mohan Jha MLC
  • Revenue.
  • Land Reforms.
 INC
7. Bijendra Prasad Yadav Supaul
  • Energy.
  • Commercial Taxes.
  • Environment & Forest.
  • Information Technology.
 JD(U)
8. Abdul Bari Siddiqui Darbhanga
  • Finance.
 RJD
9. Awadhesh Kumar Singh Wazirganj
  • Animal and Fishery Development.
 INC
10. Kapil Deo Kamat Babubarhi
  • Panchayati Raj.
 JD(U)
11. Vijay Prakash Yadav Jamui
  • Labour Resources.
 RJD
12. Abdul Jalil Mastan Amour
  • Registration and Excise.
 INC
13. Madan Sahni Gaura Bauram
  • Food and Civil Supplies.
  • Consumer Protection.
 JD(U)
14. Chandrika Roy Parsa
  • Transport.
 RJD
15. Shrawan Kumar Nalanda
  • Rural Development.
  • Parliamentary Affairs.
 JD(U)
16. Muneshwar Chaudhary Garkha
  • Mines & Geology.
 RJD
17. Maheshwar Hazari Kalyanpur
  • Urban development.
 JD(U)
18. Chandra Sekhar Madhepura
  • Disaster Management.
 RJD
19. Shailesh Kumar Jamalpur
  • Rural Works Department.
 JD(U)
20. Abdul Ghafoor Mahishi
  • Minority Welfare.
 RJD
21. Santosh Kumar Nirala Rajpur
  • SC/ST Development.
 JD(U)
22. Shiv Chandra Ram Raja Pakar
  • Art.
  • Culture.
  • Youth Affairs.
 RJD
23. Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma Ghosi
  • Public Health Engineering Department
  • Law.
 JD(U)
24. Alok Kumar Mehta Ujiarpur
  • Co-operative.
 RJD
25. Jai Kumar Singh Dinara
  • Industries Department.
  • Science & Technology.
 JD(U)
26. Anita Devi Nokha
  • Tourism.
 RJD
27. Manju Verma Cheria-Bariarpur
  • Social Welfare.
 JD(U)
28. Ram Vichar Ray Sahebganj
  • Agriculture.
 RJD
29. Feroz Ahmad Sikta
  • Sugar Cane Industry.
 JD(U)

See also

References
  1. Nitish Kumar Cabinet: Complete list of ministers with portfolios
  2. Nitish Kumar’s Bihar team: 7 Masters, 9 graduates and 12 who went to school
  3. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/live-nitish-kumar-to-take-oath-as-bihar-cm-today/ Nitish takes charge, Lalu Junior 1 his deputy, Junior 2 his colleague]
  4. Uproar in Bihar Legislative Council as Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav calls BJP 'Bakwas Jumla Party'
  5. "Bihar: Here is a list of ministers in Nitish Kumar's cabinet with portfolios". DNA. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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